All Programs | Willamette University Academics

Willamette's School of Law | Graduate Law Programs in Oregon

Atkinson Graduate School of Management | Willamette MBA

Apply to Willamette University | Admissions Information

International Education: Study Abroad Program

School of Computing & Information Sciences | Willamette

Admission Information for Transfer Students | Willamette

Visit Our Salem Campus | Willamette University Admissions

Visit Willamette University | Salem and Portland, Oregon

Portland, OR Campus | Visiting Willamette University

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

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Title / URL	Issues
All Programs \| Willamette University Academicswillamette.edu/academics/all-programs	100
Willamette's School of Law \| Graduate Law Programs in Oregonwillamette.edu/academics/law/	77
Atkinson Graduate School of Management \| Willamette MBAwillamette.edu/academics/mba/	75
Apply to Willamette University \| Admissions Informationwillamette.edu/admissions/apply/	69
International Education: Study Abroad Programwillamette.edu/academics/study-abroad	67
School of Computing & Information Sciences \| Willamettewillamette.edu/academics/computing/	64
Admission Information for Transfer Students \| Willamettewillamette.edu/admissions/transfer/	64
Visit Our Salem Campus \| Willamette University Admissionswillamette.edu/admissions/visit/salem	63
Visit Willamette University \| Salem and Portland, Oregonwillamette.edu/admissions/visit/	62
Portland, OR Campus \| Visiting Willamette Universitywillamette.edu/admissions/visit/portland	62

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

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